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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Growing Up: Here and There, D-Day and All That, and Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did E.B. Sledge say the war did to American soldiers?
(a) Turned them into cowards.
(b) Turned them into idiots.
(c) Turned them into savages.
(d) Turned them into patriots.

2. What was John Abbott's sentence for refusing the draft?
(a) Death by firing squad.
(b) Community service on an Indian reservation.
(c) Two years in federal prison.
(d) Six months in jail.

3. What does Robert Lekachman believe was his salvation in the war?
(a) His physical weakness kept him out of the infantry.
(b) His poor eyesight kept him out of gunnery school.
(c) His lack of ability kept him out of OCS.
(d) His skill with strategy made him an officer.

4. Why does Robert Rasmus say he could remember people he knew for a short time many years ago?
(a) The war made everything more memorable.
(b) His short-term memory is weaker.
(c) They kept in touch over the years.
(d) He looks at the yearbooks from time to time.

5. How many support personnel were behind each rifleman?
(a) Twenty-four.
(b) Seven.
(c) Two.
(d) Nineteen.

Short Answer Questions

1. What caused Dellie Hahne to begin to distrust her government?

2. Why were thirty-two American servicemen killed after hearing the announcement of Japan's surrender?

3. What does Robert Lekachman believe happened for the last time in World War II?

4. What surprised Anton Biler about his Japanese overseer in the prison camp?

5. Which college students were drafted earliest, according to Akira Miuri?

(see the answer key)

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